Posted August 24, 2016 in Wholesome Thoughts

Become Unshakable

Wholesome Thoughts

Brian said while planning for the future is necessary, brooding about it is a waste of time.

Perhaps, if you are hopeful, you are planning. If you are excited, you are planning. If you are trusting, you are planning.

Join me in planning a happy future, send email to debra@scs-matters.com, or […]

Posted August 21, 2016 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

A Chilling Way to Calm Down

Debra’s Wellness Tips

Emotions have a very significant role in our health and well-being. When strong emotions are triggered, difficulty in thinking occurs. We navigate best with a cool head. Literally….

According to Dr. Marsha Linehan, creator of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a surprisingly simple technique can calm you down immediately. The technique? Submerging your […]

Posted August 20, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Lord's Supper

Sacred Stories

Her grandfather was quite the artist. He did mostly religious paintings. A favorite piece depicting the Lord’s Supper, hung above his bed.

PHILADELPHIA – MAY 17: Father Gregory Fairbanks, a professor at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, speaks to the media next to a picture of “The Last Supper” […]

Posted August 17, 2016 in Wholesome Thoughts

Our Fates are Tied

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Lusiah Teish, a West African high priestess reminds us, “Our fates are tied. We have this strange notion on this planet that our fates are not tied. If it were not so we would not be here together. It’s that simple.”

Please share how you see this, by sending email to debra@scs-matters.com, or […]

Posted August 14, 2016 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Weight Loss and Water

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Research has once again shown a link exists between poor hydration and difficulty maintaining an ideal weight. People who aren’t hydrated enough have been found to have a higher body mass index (BMI) than those who are. See Weight Loss and Water.

I have previously written about the benefits of your being […]

Posted August 10, 2016 in Wholesome Thoughts

A Beautiful Opportunity

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“Where ever there is resistance, there is also a beautiful opportunity for wisdom to develop, by seeing what is happening.” This quotation is found on page 31, in Three Steps to Awakening a Practice for Bringing Mindfulness to Life, by Larry Rosenberg with Laura Zimmerman.

If you have an interest in benefiting from […]

Posted August 7, 2016 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Pattern of Eating

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Although experts don’t yet agree on how much fat we should be consuming, most agree all fats are not created equal. We do well eating a high ratio of unsaturated to saturated fats, with sources of unsaturated fats including olive and canola oils, nuts, seeds, and avocados.

Those words were not what […]

Posted August 6, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Headstone

Sacred Stories

One of the most difficult tasks of their lives lay ahead of them: selecting a headstone for their infant baby daughter.

Browsing the website, hoping that looking before they went would help her get through it, a black slant-cut heart-shaped stone caught her attention. She did not mention this to her husband, […]

Posted July 31, 2016 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Puppy Love

Debra’s Wellness TipsMy good friend recently got a puppy. If I did a roundup of all the responsibilities in her life, one might have come to the conclusion that the last thing in the world she needed was something more to take care of.

Her husband had just experienced another TIA, her mother was in […]

Posted July 30, 2016 in Sacred Stories

Acupuncture

Sacred Stories

Her husband was in rehab. He had not yet regained bowel function, was bloated, toxic, terribly uncomfortable, and growing frustrated with the unsuccessful treatment: stool softener, laxative, suppository. “You would think a progressive hospital like this would have acupuncture available,” she lamented.

That was noon.

At 7:00 pm, she received a call from […]